Posts Tagged ‘Project AWARE’

By Jackie Stolze According to IIHR’s Dan Ceynar, a dedicated river clean-up volunteer, Project AWARE (A Watershed Awareness River Expedition) is like RAGBRAI on the river – minus the partying. It must have been an amazing sight—dozens and dozens of canoes floating down the Upper Cedar River. Every now and then, one of the volunteers… Continue Reading »

Project AWARE, which stands for A Watershed Awareness River Expedition, involves hundreds of volunteers who spend their vacations working as aquatic garbage collectors – cleaning up, learning about, and exploring Iowa’s rivers. Visit the Project AWARE website for information on this year’s event including the route and how you can participate to help clean Iowa’s… Continue Reading »

Join representatives from the Iowa DNR and Des Moines Water Works for a discussion on water quality and watershed awareness in Iowa. Representatives from Missouri River Relief, Center on Sustainable Communities, the Iowa Flood Center, and other environmental organizations will also be on hand. A reception will follow the presentation. More…